#488E84#488E84

#488E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.073 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E84
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -24.63, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 24.68, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0726 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.073 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5086, 22.3883, 25.2767)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E84 #8E4852

analogous

#488E61 #488E84 #48758E

triadic

#488E84 #84488E #8E8448

tetradic

#488E84 #61488E #8E4852 #758E48

square

#488E84 #61488E #8E4852 #758E48

split-complementary

#488E84 #8E4875 #8E6148

monochromatic

#1F3D39 #33655E #488E84 #63B0A5 #8CC5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#488E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#488E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E84

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E84	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.073 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80afa7',
    500: '#488e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e84;
$custom-light: #80afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59814,
    "c": 0.07274,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E84

secondary

#B08288

accent

#5F6EC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E84

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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